Improvement in cultivators



L. B. BARTON.

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Nro. 47.380. Patented Apl, 1865 ILPETERS, PHoTovuTHcGHAPHER. WASHINGTON.n C.

State of Illinois, have invented a new and Im- -proved Oultivator; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact "backpart of the frame E is connected by rods LESTER B. BARTON, OF

'PATENT OFFICE.

METAMORA, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN C'ULTIVATOIRS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 47,380, dated April 251865.

To all whom 'it may concern: A Be it known that I, LESTER B. BARTON, ofMetamora, in the county of Woodford and description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 is a plan or topV view of my invention5 Fig. 2, a side sectional view of the same, taken in the line fr w,Fig. 1; Fig. 3, atransverse vertical section ot the same, taken in theline y y, Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severaltigures.

This invention relates to an improved culti- Vator of that class inwhich the plows or shovclsha-vealateral adjustable movement, in orderthat they may be made to conform to the sinuosities ot' the rows ofplants and cast the earth up to the same, or cast it therefrom withoutthe liability of plowing out the plants orf injuring the roots thereof.

The object of the invention is to obtain a cultivator of the classspecited which will admit of the plows or shovels being moved oradjusted with the greatest facility, so that they will be under thecomplete control of the operator.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention, I will. proceed to describe it.

A represents a rectangular frame, which is mounted on two wheels, B B,the axes a of which are tted in slotted pendants O to admit of the frameA being adjusted higher or lower, as may be desired.

D is the driver-s seat, which is placed on the back part ot' the frameA, and E is a frame which is tted within the frame A, and has its frontend connected by hinges or joints a to the front cross-piece, b, of theframe A. The

c c to arms d d, which project at right angles from the front side of arock-shaft, F, placed transversely on the frame A,'and having a lever,G, attachedto it. By actuating this lever the trame E may be raised andlowered, and it may be retained in an elevated state by plac-'I andconnected at their upper ends by a crossbar, I, to which two levers, JJ, are connected; The latter have each a stirrup, K, suspended to itsback end. The front ends of the levers J J are connectedby rods L to thelower ends of a semicircular or bow-shaped bar, M ,which is connected atits center by a pivot, e, with a bar, N, which is attached vto standardsO O, one at each side of the frame E. The bar M is allowed to swingfreely on the pivot'e.

To the cross-bar I there are attached by jointsff two standards, gg,having shovels or plows h h at their lower ends. The jointsff admit ofthe standards g swinging laterally. The standards g g are braced by rodsi 'i from the front end ofthe frame E.

The lower ends of the curved bar M are connected by links I\`I N withthe shovel or plow standards g g.

From the above description it` will be seen `that the driver, by meansof his feet in the stry erally, so that they may conform to thesinuosities of the rows of plants. When the shovels or plows are at workthelever G is released from the hook or catch e, and the frame E isallowed to be in a depressed state, so that the shovels and plowsmayenter the earth. In turning the machine at the ends ot' rows, or intransporting it from place to place, the frame E is raised and the leverGr placed under the hook e. A

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is* f The hinged orjointed frame E, placedwithin the main frame A, as shown, in combination with thelaterally-swin ging shovel or plow standards g g, levers J J, withstirrups K K attached, and the curved or' bow-shaped bar M, all arrangedto operate substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth. l

LESTER `B. BARTON. Witnesses:

W. El. DELPH, EDGAR BABCocK.

